1967-68 (55 years ago) match reports and photos

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8/3/1968

Preparing for the FA Cup 5th round tie at West Ham in the next day also the coach about to depart from Sheffield

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finlaytheblade said:
Loved them white shorts,remember going to pigs land when Jones and Sherman were really making there Mark. Match ended 2-2 we really should have won ( a double by Birch for us).
That squad had real potential with the 2 blond bombers looking the part.
Sadly they were sold and we ended up getting relegated.
The board hadn't any ambition apart from keeping cricket going and trying to survive in the 1st division while selling the crown jewels,that really was a shame as a bit of ambition at that point would have seen us join the alive,
I don't believe I am over the top with that statement.
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The dreaded white shorts. Hated them then, hate them now. I hope we never see them again.
 
Greystones Blade said:
The dreaded white shorts. Hated them then, hate them now. I hope we never see them again.
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Greystones Blade said:
The dreaded white shorts. Hated them then, hate them now. I hope we never see them again.
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think those 2 games were march 66 and sept 66 both at hillsborough sherman got 2 in the march fixture and think woody and mick jones put us 2 up in first 20 minutes before wednesday pulled it back to 2 - 2 think we also had a good goal dissallowed to go 3 - 2 up was also the egg throwing incident with blades fans throwing eggs on to wednesday fans underneath them on the kop lol
 
30/3/1968

FA Cup 6th round

Leeds 1 (Madeley) Blades 0

Years later I remember my dad telling me that he was at the match and we were unlucky to get knocked out of the FA Cup. He recalled that a Dronfield Blade (Nip Hague) got furious with Gary Sprake and he was attempting to run on the pitch to hit Sprake but one or two Blades in the crowd got hold of Nip before he calmed down.

The goal that knocked us out of the cup. To most of you , Paul Madeley is best remembered as an utility player but mostly played in defence. During the 1967-68 season he played centre forward in quite a few matches.

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Silent Blade said:
30/3/1968

FA Cup 6th round

Leeds 1 (Madeley) Blades 0

Years later I remember my dad telling me that he was at the match and we were unlucky to get knocked out of the FA Cup. He recalled that a Dronfield Blade (Nip Hague) got furious with Gary Sprake and he was attempting to run on the pitch to hit Sprake but one or two Blades in the crowd got hold of Nip before he calmed down.

The goal that knocked us out of the cup. To most of you , Paul Madeley is best remembered as an utility player but mostly played in defence. During the 1967-68 season he played centre forward in quite a few matches.

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was at that one silent on that big side terrace we were so unlucky that day hit crossbar twice and post once played really well we deserved to win that game
 

12/4/1968 (Good Friday)

Liverpool 1 (Hunt) Blades 2 (Currie, Reece)

This is how the first division table looked before the match. Liverpool had a good chance of winning the league and they were to play 2nd from bottom Blades twice in their remaining 9 matches.

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Roger Hunt shoots
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And scores to put Liverpool ahead

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Equaliser by TC
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Reece's winner heading in a cross by Woodward
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Scores, scorers, line ups and league tables in below link

 
Silent Blade said:
12/4/1968 (Good Friday)

Liverpool 1 (Hunt) Blades 2 (Currie, Reece)

This is how the first division table looked before the match. Liverpool had a good chance of winning the league and they were to play 2nd from bottom Blades twice in their remaining 9 matches.

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Roger Hunt shoots
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And scores to put Liverpool ahead

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Equaliser by TC
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Reece's winner heading in a cross by Woodward
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Scores, scorers, line ups and league tables in below link

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My 17th birthday Peter, I got very drunk that night.
 
3 matches in 4 days - 2 against Liverpool and 1 against Everton. No whingeing about being tired in those days despite pitches being mostly mud by April....
 
20/4/1968

Manchester United 1 (Law) Blades 0

In the past few years I saw photos of the above match which confused me because in some of them, I saw Man U players wear short sleeved V necked shirts (early 1960s style) and some were wearing their usual long sleeved shirts that isnt V necked. Looking at the match reports, Peter Howard said that the Man U players had changed their shirts during half time and wore their old kit for the 2nd half!

The goal

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Celebrating the goal
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1st half action
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2nd half action
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Denis Law injured. He missed the 1968 European Cup final because he was having a knee operation. He did play in the next league game (his last of the season) 9 days after playing against us.

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Scores, scorers, line ups and league tables in below link
 
was on the scoreboard end that day denis law with a jack knife header early at that end but we dominated the game and should have got at least a point
 
Relegation run in. We seemed to have the easiest looking run in

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Wolves
Southampton (a)
Chelsea (a)
Chelsea (h)
Spurs (h)

Coventry
Leicester (a)
West Ham (a)
Southampton (a)

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Fulham (h)
West Ham (h)
Burnley (a)
Chelsea (h)

Stoke
Leeds (h)
Fulham (a)
Everton (a)
Leicester (a)
Liverpool (h)

Fulham
Blades (a)
Liverpool (a)
Stoke (h)
Southampton (h)
Everton (a)
 
Silent Blade said:
Relegation run in. We seemed to have the easiest looking run in

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Wolves
Southampton (a)
Chelsea (a)
Chelsea (h)
Spurs (h)

Coventry
Leicester (a)
West Ham (a)
Southampton (a)

Blades
Fulham (h)
West Ham (h)
Burnley (a)
Chelsea (h)

Stoke
Leeds (h)
Fulham (a)
Everton (a)
Leicester (a)
Liverpool (h)

Fulham
Blades (a)
Liverpool (a)
Stoke (h)
Southampton (h)
Everton (a)
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On course, we won the theoretically hardest one (Burnley) and lost the other 3...
 

Silent Blade said:
Relegation run in. We seemed to have the easiest looking run in

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Wolves
Southampton (a)
Chelsea (a)
Chelsea (h)
Spurs (h)

Coventry
Leicester (a)
West Ham (a)
Southampton (a)

Blades
Fulham (h)
West Ham (h)
Burnley (a)
Chelsea (h)

Stoke
Leeds (h)
Fulham (a)
Everton (a)
Leicester (a)
Liverpool (h)

Fulham
Blades (a)
Liverpool (a)
Stoke (h)
Southampton (h)
Everton (a)
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oh no silent that fulham games coming up 😭
 
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